I liked all those old Russian and Soviet plans for exploration, they had some good ideas during the USSR days. Sure Russia have made a good space station with Salyut and MIR, and they have a great Soyuz launcher today and make money from tourism.

But my problem with Russia is thus : when compared to the EU, China or NASA then Russia's space agency has little money. Russia has totally neglected the Moon and hasn't gone there since the 70s, and they've failed to explore the outer planets like Saturn, Jupiter Io Europa, Neptune.

Yes the Kliper design looks great, but without charity from Europe or Japan it will take at least another 10 years before Kliper flys.